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NH 104513 USS West Virginia

Photo #: NH 104513 USS West Virginia
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Title: USS West Virginia
Description: (Armored Cruiser # 5) King Neptune and his Royal Court, during an Equator crossing ceremony in October 1909, while the ship was en route to the western Pacific. Note the catapult in the foreground, employed for hurling Polywogs into the hands of the ship's Shellbacks. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 104513
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